Interest - May 2017
- Transforming Digimon Toy Line Gets Anniversary Upgrade ()
- Yuri!!! on Ice Characters Cameo in Steven Universe Comic ()
- Manga Delves Into Early Careers of Famed Game Creators ()
- A3! Ikemen Game Gets 1st Manga Anthology, Serialization ()
- Jun Fukuyama's Jobs Include Dance Instructor in KFC Shorts ()
- Uta no Prince-sama Staff Apologize for Starting Concert Before All Attendees Entered ()
- M.A.O Stars as Henkei Shōjo's Transforming Jet Plane Girl ()
- Mobile Game Idols Suit Up as Real Wedding Guests ()
- Net Users Suspect Political Pressure in Shippū no Hayato Manga's End ()
- Eromanga Sensei Gets Its Own 'Painful Plane' ()
- Idolish 7 Anime Music Video Shows Re:vale Idols' Song ()
- Takara Tomy's Fantasy Animals, Mr. Osomatsu Collaborate on Aquarium Tour ()
- Kemono Friends Gets Collaboration with Japan Racing Association ()
- Listen to Hitorijime My Hero's Opening Before the Premiere ()
- Love Live! Sunshine!! Mini-Unit Guilty Kiss' 2nd Single Gets Preview Video ()
- Gamers' Osaka Store Transforms Into Eromanga Sensei's Takasago Books ()
- Kunihiko Ikuhara, Kotono Mitsuishi Attend Sailor Moon R Film Screening in July ()
- TV Show Calls Out Miyazaki for 'Retiring,' Apologizes for Misquoting Him ()
- Re:Zero VR App Gets Emilia Version on June 6 ()
- Bungō to Alchemist Smartphone Game Teases New Literary Figure ()
- Lucky Star 10th Anniversary CD Collection Includes 50+ Tracks ()
- High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- Film's Event Streams Digest Video ()
- Iriko Aoiro's Manga Anthropomorphizes Japan's Prefectures ()
- Kemono Friends' Videos Preview Character Song, Soundtrack CDs ()
- J-World Tokyo Theme Park Marks Reborn! Anime's 10th Anniversary ()
- Sword Art Online Character Designer Collaborates With Kids' Clothing Brand ()
- Fans Choose Heiji Hattori as Detective Conan Escape Game's Main Character ()
- Henkei Shojo Anime Short Redefines 'Transforming Girl' ()
- Victor's Butt Steals the Spotlight on Yuri!!! on Ice Soundtrack Cover ()
- Mamoru & Usagi Hear Wedding Bells for New Petit Chara Figures ()
- Irregular at Magic High School Film's Characters Star as Beans in TV Ads ()
- Women Reveal Their Top Fate/Grand Order Servants ()
- Makoto Kobayashi Draws What's Michael? Manga's Cat for 1st Time in 29 Years ()
- JoJo's Araki Maintains Vampire Status in Poll of Unaging Celebrities ()
- Re:Zero Novel Illustrator Gets 1st Artbook ()
- Pikachu Continue to Multiply in This Year's Yokohama Parade ()
- Madoka Magica's Gekidan Inu Curry Illustrates New Utena Album ()
- Attack on Titan Returns to Joypolis Theme Park This Summer ()
- Yūri, Victor Reach Out for Yuri!!! on Ice's New Scale Figures ()
- Angels, Tourists Descend on Gabriel Dropout's Setting City ()
- Fukushima Gainax's Art Exhibition Honors Whisper of the Heart Director ()
- Yuri on Ice Boys Hang Up Their Skates for Bellhop Uniforms ()
- Takuya Eguchi Takes a Turn as Business Shellfish ()
- Father Hides Real Nintendo Switch in Son's Cardboard Version ()
- May'n Takes on Ultra Street Fighter II Game's Guile in Video ()
- Anime Limited Hiring ()
- Space Brothers Manga's Serika Fund Supports ALS Research ()
- Mr. Osomatsu Sextuplets Celebrate Birthday with a Stop-Motion Cake ()
- Anime Ads Ask: Can Laundry Detergent Bring Romance? ()
- Dress Up Your Drinks With an Extra Frilly Sailor Uniform ()
- Shinji Gets in the Damn Boat with Eva Fish Grip ()
- Yuri!!! on Ice Lottery Brings Plush Skater Prizes ()
- Goku Takes on Broly God in Universal Studios Japan Attraction Ad ()
- Voice Actress Saeko Zōgō Marries, Reveals Wedding Photos ()
- Business Woman Evaluates Her Life in Marui Retail Store's Anime Ads ()
- Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo Tribute Book Gets Exhibition ()
- Grape the Penguin Finally Embraced by His One True Love ()
- 120 'Painful' Cars Will Converge on Motor Park in Maibara ()
- Universal Studios Japan Details This Summer's Shonen Jump Attractions ()
- A3! Ikemen Game Gets New Ad on Stations' Big Screens ()
- New Nintendo 2DS XL Slime Console Oozes into Stores on July 29 ()
- Love Live! Sunshine!! Mini-Unit AZALEA's 2nd Single Gets Preview Video ()
- Onsen Musume Project Announces Wixoss TCG Collaboration, Launches Fan Clubs ()
- Kemono Friends Anime Gets Adult Parody Video ()
- Graphic Lists The Top 'Best Girls' Since 1983 ()
- Nyaruko Author's New Light Novel Fails to Make Waves ()
- Pachinko Company Sells Creativity With Anime Video ()
- Air Setting Takes Wing as Anime Pilgrimage Site ()
- Dragon Ball's Newest Goku Figures Go Super Saiyan in Prize Machines ()
- Sanrio Character Collaboration Vote Includes Transformers, Animal Crossing ()
- Fashion Store Offers More Pokémon Cosmetics, Food, Stationery ()
- Dansui! Play Pulls Off Watery Scenes on Dry Stage ()
- German Tech Blog Imagines PlayStation Vita Successor ()
- Shinsei Kamattechan Find Themselves in the Hands of Titan in Collaboration Movie ()
- Samsung Licenses SmartBoy Phone Add-on to Play Game Boy Cartridges ()
- Writer Makes Love Rice TV Anime's Rice Pizza ()
- Love Live! Sunshine!!'s Aqours Group Offers Tour Goods for Overseas Fans ()
- Do You Like Your Mom? Light Novel Sales Exceed 100,000 ()
- Kingdom Heads to the Races for JRA's Annual Derby ()
- Designer Watch Meets Pokémon for a Whopping US$258,000 ()
- BPO Publishes Viewer Complaint About Anime With 'Sexually Extreme' Content ()
- Light Novel Author Reki Kawahara's Home is Buried in Sword Art Online Merch ()
- Naruto, Sasuke God Figures Make a Storm This September ()
- Longer Live-Action Royal Tutor Ending Sequence Streamed ()
- Tiger & Bunny Comes Back...As a Lottery-Prize Drama CD ()
- Resident Evil Footrace Will Put the Fear in You ()
- Yuruyuri Creator Namori Draws Kemono Friends Manga Anthology Cover ()
- Kochikame Creator Draws Denzel Washington in Collab Illustration ()
- Kyoto Subway's Moe Mascot Short Anime Finished ()
- Eccentric Family Theme Band fhána Gets Animated Music Video ()
- Kadokawa Holds Light Novel Contest for Stories About Adult Men ()
- Lu Over the Wall Exhibition Shows Off Film's Development Art ()
- Join the Japari Park Staff With Official Kemono Friends Apparel ()
- Love Live! Sunshine!! Voice Actresses Star in Live-Action LLSIF CM ()
- Kyoto Subway's Moe Girls Get Cafe, New Character ()
- Mr. Osomatsu Pioneer Headphones Have a Different Design for Each Brother ()
- Lawson Reveals New Is the order a rabbit?? Collaboration Goods ()
- Persona Games Get Music Event in Yokohama in August ()
- Gintama Characters Don Doggie Cosplay as Capsule Toys ()
- Sailor Moon Gets Smartphone With Selfie Stick in China ()
- New Earth Defense Idol Project Seeks Chinese Speakers ()
- Rose of Versailles's Oscar Tries New Hairstyle, Becomes Raccoon ()
- Magikarp's Official Love Song Gets English Version ()
- Neko Danshi Nyankee High School Project Adds More Cat Delinquents ()
- Controversial Oculus Founder Cosplays as Metal Gear Solid 5's Quiet ()
- Ghost in the Shell Realize Project Holds Symposium ()
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Yoshikage Kira Attacks in Real Escape Game This Summer ()
- Relive 20 Years of Saiyuki History in 18-Minute Video ()
- Tokyo Ghoul Cafe Menu is Horrifying ()
- Cinnamon Rocks Out with Golden Bomber to Garner Popularity Votes ()
- Get Your Burger Manga-Style at Japan's Village Vanguard Diner ()
- Leiji Matsumoto Creates Sci-Fi Landscapes for Unique Sand Art ()
- Dragon Ball Super Happy Meal Toys Come to Japan's McDonald's ()
- Sanrio's My Melody Gets Magical Makeover with Sailor Moon ()
- Nagoya Anime Project Program Offers Behind-the-Scenes Look at Anime Production ()
- Royal Tutor Anime's Ending Sequence Filmed in Live-Action by Cast ()
- Sonic The Hedgehog Extreme Skateboarding Game's Lost Footage Revealed ()
- Yuri!!! on Ice Campaign Brings 20,000 People From 27 Countries to Setting City ()
- Masaaki Yuasa's Lu over the wall Brings Mermaid Magic to Odaiba ()
- Gintama Classifieds: Cosplay as Elizabeth for 50,000 Yen ()
- Chihayafuru Star Streams Live from Sequel Film's Set ()
- Attack On Titan's Eren, Levi Inspire Jewelry Designs ()
- 'your name.' Collaboration, 'Fastening Days' Short Win Animonozukuri Awards ()
- Nipper Mascot Makes 2nd Anime Cameo in Frame Arms Girl ()
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Player Finishes Big Blue Course in 63 Seconds ()
- Kemono Friends Boosts Zoo's Attendance by 20,000 for Golden Week ()
- Couple Ties the Knot With Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest Wedding ()
- Kemono Friends Director Tatsuki Attracts Huge Crowd at Dōjinshi Event ()
- MangaOne App Streams Astro Boy, Black Jack TV Ads ()
- Baseball Team Hanshin Tigers Go Super Saiyan for Promotional Collaboration ()
- Eevee & Colorful Friends Merch Campaign Gets Cute Animated Video ()
- Persona Series Director, Character Designer Thank Western Fans ()
- Japanese Netizens Choose Jump's Best Manga Artist ()
- 1st Shonen Jump Exhibition's Display Line-up Announced ()
- ufotable's 2017 Awa Odori Posters Feature Tōken Ranbu ()
- Beef Production 'Manga' Shows How Cattle Become Meat ()
- Figure Build Close-Up: 2014 Master Grade Build Gundam Mark II ()
- Singer Daigo Gets Emotional After Watching Madoka Magica Films ()
- New Gunpla Models on Display at Shizuoka Hobby Show ()
- Why to Choose New Gunpla: An Io Frame Shiden Review ()
- Poll Breaks Down Best Anime Swimsuit Episodes for the Summer Heat ()
- Aya Hirano Wows TV Hosts With 'Cruel Angel Thesis' Performance ()
- Video Explains Power Rangers Franchise's Foreign History to Japan ()
- Tokimeki Recipe Show Starring Voice Actors Streams for Golden Week ()
- Camouflage Gundam Blends Into Its Gunpla Box Surroundings ()
- Animonozukuri Awards Honor Anime Business Collaborations, Promotional Goods ()
- Sword Art Online Movie's Sayaka Kanda Gets Married ()
- Cute Cat Tries Out Fate/Stay Night Saber Cosplay ()
- Aniplex Teases Fate Grand Order Pencil-Rolling Battle Game ()
- Studio Ghibli Fan Party in Brighton ()
- ToraCon's Otaku Matchmaking Parties Struggle to Find Women ()
- Steel Jeeg Anime Voice Actress Narrates Italian Film's Manners Video ()
- Mamoru Oshii Plays Fallout 4, Makes His Fan Newsletter Late ()
- Kissed by the Baddest Bidder's Eisuke Comes to VR Gaming Center for 'Chair-don' Experience ()
- Futari H's Yura Gets Life-Size Figure ()
- Kemono Friends Rendition of Tezuka's Phoenix Revealed ()
- Fan-Voted Detective Conan Real Escape Game Opens in June ()
- Lisa, Homer Catch 'Peekemon' in The Simpsons' Pokémon Go Parody ()
- Tiger & Bunny, Madoka Magica, Love Live! Top NHK's Best 100 Ranking ()
- Fukushima Gainax Streams Robot Anime Short to Promote Coastal City ()
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Utsutsu VR Experience Runs in Tokyo in May ()
- Reborn! Gets Tie-In Events, Blu-ray Box Sets, Compilation CD ()
- Love Live! Character Designer Yūhei Murota Welcomes Baby ()
- Anime Music Industry Members Discuss the Past 10 Years ()
- Game Maker Rejet's Latest Project is Undead Musical CDs ()
- Takahiro Sakurai Promotes Apartment Complex as Butler Chipmunk ()
- Yu Yu Hakushō, Monster Strike Collaboration Gets New Commercials ()
- Street Fighter V DLC Stage Temporarily Pulled to Remove Islamic Chant in BGM ()
- Details, Collaboration Visuals Released for Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2017 ()
- Japanese Google Doodle Honors Late Cat Stationmaster on 18th Birthday ()
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2D Fan Game Gets Taken Down ()
- Soap Opera of Grape, the Zoo Penguin in Love with Kemono Friends Character ()
- Kemono Friends Character Designer Draws Tsuchinoko for Yearly Festival ()
- Color Version of Yuri on Ice's Victor Figure Introduced by VA Junichi Suwabe ()
- 42-cm Femto Figure from Max Factory is Nearly US$1,000 ()
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The List - 7 Brother-Sister Romances That Went Too Far
anime
Things get incestuous in this edition of The List, with seven couples who might be a little TOO close for comfort.
― This week, we're talking about the elephant in the anime viewing room. It's a particular type of "forbidden relationship" that crops up on a pretty regular basis, where dudes have a chance at sleeping with their sisters. I'm not going to pretend to know why this trope is common beyond...
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (English Dub)
anime
Black Butler's feature film debut brings titanic stakes to the big screen, but its animation quality might leave you somewhat high and dry. Rose Bridges has the details on this English dub premiere.
― It's an interesting time to be a Black Butler fan, watching the anime franchise redefine itself as a horror anthology series. In the first two seasons, Sebastian and Ciel had plenty of one-off adventure...
The Spring 2017 Manga Guide
manga
Looking for new manga to read? Our first-ever Spring Manga Guide has you covered!
Available Now: Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 1 - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Vol. 1 - Grimgar Vol. 1 - Your Name Vol. 1 - Tales of Zestiria Vol. 1 - Appleseed Alpha Vol. 1 - Aho-Girl Vol. 1 - After Hours Vol. 1 - Rakugo Shinju Vol. 1 - Re:Zero Chapter 2 Vol. 1 - and much more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's ...
Available Now: Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 1 - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Vol. 1 - Grimgar Vol. 1 - Your Name Vol. 1 - Tales of Zestiria Vol. 1 - Appleseed Alpha Vol. 1 - Aho-Girl Vol. 1 - After Hours Vol. 1 - Rakugo Shinju Vol. 1 - Re:Zero Chapter 2 Vol. 1 - and much more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's ...
Uncovering the Animation of The Eccentric Family in Nakano Broadway
anime
events
Kim Morrissy & Callum May check out the stunning artwork behind P.A. Works' sleeper hit before the exhibit's closing time.
― The Eccentric Family is perhaps the very definition of a sleeper hit. This quirky drama about a family of talking tanuki was inaugurated as a Kyoto Special Goodwill Ambassador earlier this year thanks to its faithful recreations of the real-life locations of Japan's former capi...
Answerman - Why Is It Socially Unacceptable To Be An Otaku In Japan?
anime
Generally speaking, Japanese society still shuns the otaku - why is that? Justin has a few ideas.
― James asks: I have seen a rather large number of anime and manga series in recent years in which a character (either male of female) is extremely popular and successful at school and with their friends, but hides the fact that they are an otaku (approximately the Japanese equivalent of a nerd in weste...
Rakugo Shinju, Kabukibu and The Traditional Arts of Japan
anime
From Touken Ranbu to Kabukibu to Rakugo Shinju, anime has been embracing Japanese traditional arts more than ever. Lynzee Loveridge examines the phenomenon.
― Japan is a country with a very old cultural history, dating back millennia before what we consider modern U.S. history. Those millennia produced a wealth of traditional art forms, ranging from the graceful strokes of shodo (calligraphy) to the ...
Dreamin' Sun GN 1
manga
This earlier work from the creator of Orange isn't quite as polished, but it combines an honest look at depression and anger with shoujo romance tropes in interesting ways. Rebecca Silverman has the details.
― Originally published in Margaret magazine in 2007, a transfer of rights to a new publisher has resulted in a re-release of Ichigo Takano's Dreamin' Sun and its translation into English. (Takano...
Fans Young & Old Come Out for Tokyo Toy Show 2017
events
merch
Tokyo Big Sight is overrun with players of all kinds to check out the latest and greatest toys on the market. Yes, they have fidget spinners.
― Tokyo Big Sight, June 3, 2017. 9:00 am Japan Standard Time. The 2017 International Tokyo Toy Show had just begun, and the line of entry snaked all the way across the enormous venue. The children paced around and tugged at their parents’ sleeves, unable to con...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 27-June 2
just for fun
My Hero Academia races up the charts as the Spring 2017 season starts to wind down! Find out how your favorites performed in our weekly user rankings.
― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Spring 2017 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that these ran...
This Week in Games - The Modest Life of Virtual Console
games
In the calm before the E3 storm, Dustin considers the legacy and future of Nintendo's Virtual Console service. PLUS: Pokemon, Final Fantasy Dissidia, more old Mega Man games and much more!
― Good god, E3 starts next week. Though I'm fortunate enough to not be going to LA, there's still a hint of dread mixed in with all the excitement for what's coming. It's a flood a-coming, one which comes in the af...
Prince of Stride: Alternative BD+DVD
anime
This otome game adaptation eschews most reverse harem tropes in a surprisingly fun story about a bizarre blend of track and parkour. Rebecca Silverman gets into this show's Stride.
― If you were wondering, the “alternative” in Prince of Stride Alternative comes from the fact that this 2016 series is based on a 2015 otome game simply called Prince of Stride. That's mildly surprising, because the show ...
Answerman - Why Isn't More Anime Shown On American TV?
anime
There are countless hours of US cable television programming to fill, and yet only a few hours a week are filled with anime. Why is that? Justin gets into it.
― Kyle asks: How come some English dubbed anime only get released straight to DVD here in the US and never air on American TV? I know that a handful of them do air on Anime-only channels, such as the FUNimation Channel and Neon Alley, and also...
Adventures in the Yuri!!! on Ice Café
events
merch
Tokyo correspondent Kim Morrissy sits down for a bowl of katsudon in an intimate café setting with the Yuri!!! on Ice boys.
― Katsudon is a Japanese rice dish made with deep-fried pork cutlets, egg, and vegetables. If you prepare it with just the right blend and consistency, it's absolutely mouth-watering stuff. It's common enough that you'll find it served on just about every street corner in Tokyo,...
How Polygon Pictures is Changing the 3D Anime Industry
anime
From Knights of Sidonia to Blame!, Polygon Pictures has led the charge in CGI anime innovation. Callum May explores what makes their production process so unique for the anime industry.
― At 10:00 PM in the Polygon Pictures studio, the lights turn off for the night. Polygon Pictures is like few other animation studios in Japan. In an industry where working overnight is painfully normal, a studio turn...
Horus: Prince of the Sun (Little Norse Prince) Blu-Ray
anime
The directorial debut of Isao Takahata is now available on Blu-Ray for the first time. Theron Martin details how this ambitious film has held up.
― Also known in English as Little Norse Prince Valiant, this 1968 movie holds a place in anime history for two important reasons. It marks the directorial debut of Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata and his first collaboration with Hayao Miyazaki, who i...